Cedille Records is committed to supporting Chicago’s finest classical musicians.
Cedille is a not-for-profit record label dedicated to classical music and the artists who create it. We enhance the world’s catalog with lush, award-winning recordings featuring Chicago’s top performers and composers.
We work with classical music’s most accomplished and intriguing performers and composers
Music drives all of Cedille’s recording projects. Listen to our artists and explore their backgrounds and discographies.
New and Noteworthy
From orchestras to composers to individual soloists and vocal ensembles, visit our extensive classical music catalog.
Acclaimed concert violinist Rachel Barton Pine, sought-after pianist Orion Weiss, and the multiple Grammy Award-winning Pacifica Quartet join forces for their new album French Impressions: Chamber Music by Chausson & Tailleferre, celebrating captivating works by French composers Ernest Chausson and Germaine Tailleferre.
Dance of the Night Sky, Black Oak Ensemble‘s third album for Cedille, expands the boundaries of string trio repertoire by offering listeners a vibrant collection of contemporary works including four world-premiere recordings, all by British women composers.
Grammy Award-winning Third Coast Percussion (TCP), praised by NPR for championing “borderless music” and “blurring musical boundaries,” celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2025 with Standard Stoppages, an album that explores how time can be stretched, manipulated, played with, and reimagined.
Enjoy performances from the 2025 Emerging Artist Competition finalists, plus a performance from 2021’s winner Julian Velasco! Our second competition, sponsored by the Zell Family Foundation, included a diverse class of incredibly accomplished, early-career musicians with deep ties to Chicago.
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For the month in which summer begins, a playlist of pieces about the season and the things we associate with it: sun, heat, birds, bees, butterflies, flowers, other greenery, fireworks, the seashore, etc.